Does your sleep suffer when you lose weight? If I am maintaining my weight or gaining my head might hit the pillow 5 seconds before I fall asleep. If I am losing weight I can't sleep well at all. I lay in bed a long time before I drop off. I did this 30 years ago too but just really made the connection this past year.

 

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When you're not a fatty you have more energy

You are not exercising hard enough to be tired.

 

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I know. I'm sure my metabolism changes, but they say to lose weight you should sleep more. I work hard to get 5 hours sleep. I already have a bad back and both shoulders are bad. I know that's against me too. I would love to sleep more. My mind will not allow the alarm clock to go off. My subconscious is afraid my wife's sleep will suffer with her health conditions.

 

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I didn't really notice any changes to my sleeping patterns as I lost mine.

 

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I also notice I am sleepy after I eat. A good friend of mine will only eat once a day because it makes him sleepy too. He eats right before he goes to bed. He's also my age and is a perfect weight. Maybe he's on to something.

 

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Good luck with that.

 

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What would be the rate of your weight loss?

 

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yes....i couldn't sleep very well for months after i got back into working out...i'd be lucky to get 3 hours of real sleep a night

 

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So 34 years ago I stopped smoking, joined the gym, and started serious weight loss. Three pounds a week. And I got stronger, massively stronger. I was working out hard 4 days a week on advanced bodybuilding routines and occasionally a power lifting routine. I went from benching 135 for 3 sets of 8 to benching 305 for 3 sets of 8. And my sleep suffered. I attributed it to the gym.

Now, and last spring, my sleep is suffering from weight loss. Last spring I just figured it was the stroke. Then in the summer and fall I just maintained my weight and slept better again. I figured I was just recovering more from the stroke and sleeping like normal again. Now I'm losing weight again and not working out at all and my sleep once again is suffering. Last year it was pretty common for me to lay in bed an hour then get up for an hour then go back to bed and fall asleep.

So since the Christmas break is over I am once again eating to lose weight, which I am, and I notice my sleep is exactly the same. So I'm made the connection that my weight loss is what's making my sleep suffer. And I know they say to lose weight you need more sleep. And I don't want to use chemical sleep aids. I'll see my doc again next month and let him know what's up. I do have a CPAP machine and he knows it. He may just shrug it off and say get what sleep I can.

 

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